While speaking at AllthingsD's Dive Into Mobile conference held in New York, Eric Schmidt showed quite a bit of excitement regarding upcoming Motorola smartphones. In his exact words, Motorola "have a new set of products that I have seen that are phenomenal".

Usually when Executive Chairman of Google say that your upcoming product is great or in this case, phenomenal, it puts a lot of pressure on the competition and this comes at a time when Samsung and HTC are finally ready to start to seriously sell their new flagship smartphones. Of course, Google's CFO Patrick Pichette has previously discredited any of Motorola's upcoming products and describing them as not having the "wow" factor that Google likes to see, so this statement from Eric Schmidt actually comes as a real surprise.

He continued by saying that with the prices falling in the industry we should "wait and see for this next generation of technology" as it is very impressive. He also noted that the upcoming devices should be considered "as phones plus", whatever that means. Of course, bear in mind that all of this came from a man that, on that same event, enthusiastically supported what Facebook has done on the Google Android OS with its Facebook Home.

There has already plenty of X-Phone rumors. Motorola's job posting revealed all but confirmed its existence last week, but now Phonearena.com managed to get some info on the possible specs of Motorola's X-project.

Motorola's flagship smartphone might end up with a Kevlar body, something that Motorola has been for years. It could also probably end up with the same battery we've seen in the RAZR MAXX.

Other details regarding the early prototype on which these rumors are based include a screen size of "about 4.8-inch" although the 5-inch has been rumored earlier. It will also end up with a quad-core CPU, microSD card slot and an impressive internal storage of up to 128GB.

The last bits of information are about the main snapper that will apparently be much better than the one on current Motorola smartphone as it will end up wtih Sony's Exmor RS sensor and the unavoidable Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie OS.

The new smartphone is rumored to be announced on May 15th and should end up to be one of the first smartphones with Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie OS unless we see some surprises at the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona.

A recent Motorola job posting appears to confirm the existence of the X-Phone project. Originally leaked back in December, the phone should be Motorola’s and Google’s Android flagship, a step above the Nexus.

The job posting on LinkedIn was for a “Senior Director of Product Management” to work on the X-Phone project and this is the first time Motorola directly referenced the X-Phone. The listing did not reveal anything about the phone itself, but at least it seems to prove its existence. It also indicates that development is still at an early stage, so don’t expect to see it anytime soon.

Motorola eventually pulled the listing and, of course, it is not going to talk about it. The basic qualifications were 6+ years of experience in the mobile industry, with a "proven record" of successful launches. This reads a bit like “Google Nexus guys need not apply.”

In addition to rampant iPhone rumours, there is also plenty of chatter about a new Google phone.

The so-called X-phone is reportedly being developed by Motorola’s Skunk Works and it should feature a world beating spec. The headline feature will apparently be a new 5-inch screen with a tiny bezel, which will allow designers to come up with a very compact design, possibly the smallest 5-incher to date.

If the latest rumours are to be believed, the X-phone could debut at Google I/O in May. But why is Google coming up with an entirely new brand, rather than just expanding its Nexus line? It seems the phone will be Motorola’s first cross-network phone and the company will use the new universal brand in subsequent devices. The new brand could also point to a premium line of Android devices built by Motorola, with Google’s blessing.

However, some things don’t add up. The uncorroborated report claims that Motorola is working on a new user interface for the phone and some software additions to improve OS functionality. This means it probably won’t deliver a pure Android experience like Nexus devices, although Motorola has cut down on UI customization in recent devices.